Taylor: It definitely wasn’t what I expected! I don’t know what I expected. I mean, I felt from the beginning that he really wanted me there and made me feel like I was valued in this world, in this crew, as did Timmy. But there’s no way to prepare for a Luca set, in that he’s so spontaneous – you never know what’s going to happen! Sometimes you think, “okay, this is a really big scene” and then he ends up filming it so simply and so beautifully and effortlessly. And then other times, you just can’t really prepare. Which is great, because you get challenged a lot. And Timothée, how was it coming into the film as an actor and a first-time producer? Timothée: It was an honour; not using that word facetiously –it’s something I hadn’t done before, and it’s something I felt legitimate in doing because Luca, Dave (Kajganich), and I collaborated on the script so much. It felt like Luca, who took me under his wing in Italy five years ago, taking me under a different wing of his, and it was just a thrill and something I hope I get to do again! But the dream is really in front of the camera with Luca. Taylor: Yeah, I read one by Marianne Williamson, but I don’t remember the name! Dave gave it to me, and I think it’s what Maren was reading in the book, but it wasn’t what she was reading in the script. You both do a great job of pulling us into Maren and Lee’s World. How did you guys work to build chemistry together?Timothée: I think time spent together naturally. We basically shot in chronological order – my first scene with Maren was the first thing you see in the movie, and my last scene with Maren is the last one you see. A benefit of doing on-the-road movies is that you have your crew, your director, producers, and your actors to hang out with.And also, I don’t want to sound pretentious, but the word in French is méfiant – like Lee’s feelings about Maren are a little suspicious, and he’s not so sure that that’s a way out of what he’s feeling. Taylor: We just listened to music…Timothée: Yeah we listened to a lot of music, we went to a waffle house…Taylor: Oh, we went to a monster truck rally.Timothée: That was interesting.Did you get recognised?Timothée: Not there!
